The above post got me thinking. A lot of other people see you in the same way. They forget about you, because you're not a big part of their life. Or maybe they don't. My point is, what do they see?

Our views of ourself are clouded at best. There is the purely superficial: We very rarely see ourselves as others do. We instead see a mirror image. Our voice resonates in our head to make us sound different to our own ears. Digitised voice on tape loses quality. We very, very rarely see ourselves from certain angles, even after the invention of the photocopier. Then there is the slightly less superficial. How do we act? We never see our natural facial expressions when talking, or see how our body moves when walking, or really anything that makes our appearance our own. There is also our personality, which we can't really expect to know. Do you come across as the sort of person who makes witty comments during conversation? Or do you just make stupid puns and jokes about things people are saying. The line is thin, and we may miss it. Do your arguments come across as intelligent and well thought out? We have all considered something obvious that has had others wondering why. If you've ever had to tell someone how to do something on a computer, you'll know that feeling. We don't know what other people are thinking. We just assume they're on the same track as us. Am I thinking deeply about this, or am I just reeling off a series of rhetorical questions and simple case examples? Are you looking at this in thought, or in boredom? What are you thinking? What would the person sitting next to you think you were thinking?

If something weird happened and you ended up meeting yourself, would you really recognise you?

Matthew